In class I watched the opening scenes to No Country for Old Men. In these scenes we here dialogue from Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee-Jones) and we meet the main antagonist of the film Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), although at this point we are not aware of who is. He is shrouded in mystery, we do not see his face.
Anton (name is only revealed later on in the film) when we first see him is being arrested, he is dressed all in black. When he is put into the police car the back of the police car is shrouded in black, making the audience wander who this stranger person could be. Also, emphasis is put on a strange metal canister that he was found with, this again is to keep the audience wandering about what is going to happen.
When they arrive at the police station, the officer is on the phone, we see Anton behind him put his handcuffs in front of him, and walk confidently up to the officer and strangle him to death. Anton is calm, and knows exactly what he is doing. The look on Anton's face it the one of a psycho, as he kills the officer. This to make audience get to know the character, that he is psychotic and a merciless killer. Once the officer is dead, Anton casually washes his hands, picks up his canister and leaves.
The next scene begins with Anton driving the officer's police car, and he pulls over a car on the road. As Anton slowly and casually walks up to the car, the canister is shown, and it makes the audience feel suspense and wander what is about to happen. He causally asks the man to step out of the car, tells him to hold still, put the hose that is coming out from the canister up to the man's head. A pop/bang is heard and the man falls down dead, this causes shock to the audience as there was no warning for this.
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